VUDU adds HD YouTube viewing feature

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VUDU sent along a minor update that adds a little YouTube goodness to the Netflix-streaming machine. Now, if a high definition version is available, the VUDU box will display that rather than the crappy SD version. You, the user, do not have to do anything extra; well, just update your movie streaming box. That’s all. You listening, TiVo. Where is your HD YouTube update? Eh?

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OverviewYouTube is a video-sharing website created in February 2005 by three former [PayPal](/organization/paypal) employees: [Chad Hurley](/person/chad-hurley), [Steve Chen](/person/steve-chen) and [Jawed Karim](/person/jawed-karim).
YouTube enables users to upload, view and share videos. It uses Adobe Flash video and HTML5 technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including video …

Overview[Tivo](http://www.tivo.com) is a brand of digital video recorders (DVRs). Tivo devices provides users with the ability to save television programs for later viewing ("time shifting"), an electronic television programming schedule, and recording options based on that schedule.

OverviewVUDU, Inc. provides digital technologies and services that deliver Internet entertainment to consumers' HDTVs and home theaters. It offers VUDU Box and VUDU XL, which provides access to movies and TV shows; and VUDU Wireless Kit, which connects VUDU box to the Internet. The company also provides accessories, such as replacement remotes, power adapters, and power supplies and AC cords. It offers its …